Security update for nodejs16

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0609-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-23918 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-23918 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-23919 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23919 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23920 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23920 ( NVD ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-23936 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-23936 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-24807 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-24807 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • Web and Scripting Module 12

An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nodejs16 fixes the following issues:

Update to LTS version 16.19.1:

  • CVE-2023-23918: Fixed permissions policies that could have been bypassed via process.mainModule (bsc#1208481).
  • CVE-2023-23919: Fixed OpenSSL error handling issues in nodejs crypto library (bsc#1208483).
  • CVE-2023-23920: Fixed insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment (bsc#1208487).
  • CVE-2023-23936: Fixed protection against CRLF injection in host headers inside fetch API (bsc#1208485).
  • CVE-2023-24807: Fixed possible Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via Headers.set() and Headers.append() methods (bsc#1208413).

Bug fixes:

  • Workaround for failing openssl-nodejs test (bsc#1205568).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Web and Scripting Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2023-609=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nodejs16-debugsource-16.19.1-8.24.1
    • nodejs16-debuginfo-16.19.1-8.24.1
    • nodejs16-devel-16.19.1-8.24.1
    • nodejs16-16.19.1-8.24.1
    • npm16-16.19.1-8.24.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 12 (noarch)
    • nodejs16-docs-16.19.1-8.24.1

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